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T srrir rfti f X1 fr a rrrv s yv rrrsr b rrtr rm rm cj ur w I ALL WAFERS DISCON TirtTTTFID AT THE lEXIP I02ST OIF1 TIME FOE Ml Volume 11 Number 562 OBERLIN OHIO THURSDAY MORNI ECEMBFR 22 1870 150 Per Year in Advance St 11 A i ii Ti arii A i iu County rUBLISIlED BY RICHARD BUTLER Ofict in Carpenters Ha College Street Obcrin Ohio Juinwsi giwetonj BOOK AND JOB IRISTISU of alldescriptions done at the News ofilce on reasonable turms Utiles in Carp liters Block OberlinO PJl KIT HAWlKY PhotographicArtists OiUJjsite Park House SMITH P J Photographer Pictures of all kinds Rooms in Carj cDteis Itlock WtliSVfclt I i Atcurne andonnsi1lurut Law Notnrj Iuhlie teat Estate Agent Oflloe on douih Main stieet tUMIHMMIKKN I Al KCli 11 I j tu II ijiuks 3ttiioer F Pictures Picture frames Wail Paper etc College street GOOUIUU1I J Hooks Stationery P u tnres Frames Wall Paper cieLullegi anil Mmu sireeu BAIfci W M dealer In Boot shes runts Carpet Bag and ItulbcrClotliing Sonh Main street iOYOb S manufacturer ami dialer 1j Bttota and Shoes Nu 8 Union Block HJ tilth OR US A HAYLOR South Main St Al kirult of meat kept in their season PAY iS Meat market south of Suell Store Fair n ires and Ine mat HI IILvth TJ v RU W ELL k N l B UuiMor 1 Lumber kw uand Alt kindsoffol Work done Shtp at the old Grist Mil Water street lERSHEL REED Builder Prospect I street KrTINT O I UP ALL 1 F Luion Block College 1 street upstairs DKUOOIKTII m AltDSER A CO Drugs Medicines Oils I P Ihts etc VERY II ealer in Drue Medicine and Groceries Prescriptions prepared FVRNITVRE Sc ITKDEHTAKIN CH A IM AX BRowSsv JO Furniture o ail styles Largest asioitment intowStore on Alain street opposite the Park EltfcBRANK V Cahiuetwaieitnd Fur nit nroof liest fjntlny Pi 11 h Main ft OF Oberlin Designated Depository and Government Agents for sale of Bunds c H Jenkins CasX A II Johnson Pres FLOUR i H FEED pfLLKlT A ALLEN Flour andFeeIT Store Proprietor City Mills Soutl Mum Street ic I It I fcS FRKRA IJAHNARi dealers in Gro cciies ind Provisions of al I kinds Pack aces dcivured rtn for ti utter Eggs etc No S Merehats Exchange I S W A Kb pARTERA BROTHER dealers in Hard j ware Stove and Tinware Sole ngenh for Stewarts Stoves Jolj workdoneln best manner IITEEU A K I Vt Alt DS dealei inStoveiV Tin ami Sheet Iron Ware andHardwa e ot ail ki nds Mowing Machines etc Mcrcnants Exchange North Main street J ti W fct BO K R D dealer in Wutehes Clocks Jewilrv SJtitaeles and Fancy Goods Plrk House Vovk fpUTiLEf II Watrhiiutker Engravvi I and dealer in Watchr Cloeks Jewel tv and Silvei ware Carpenters Block T UVIltVMiAKITS FAVKL C II ood Horses andCarriagi for hire Also nil kind of team in done at thehtti tcst notice talileoii Noi tl Main strt ei oiosite the Pat k TR M V Y II E W Fine tigs fast horse and nu wcit Tinge at their Liverxstu11 e on East College street next toParHouse IUKIKEK FOIL EST5IN TUjlIPsllN mulers i Inmrier Coti ne Sat Flour ot V uruhoiihe at ituilrnu Pl oh IjtAI Mi l I UKKtl IS orltUUX muniifactiirer of Door i sish illiuils tiurwll Woilt ut tbollui lux Mill MUALS M hiilLr in Dry toods etc 3 Viis lilok Nortli Muni Atreut MVKHt lKVY Co iluiilcia in Itcntl itiiiiiL JloihiliK Cltlis furs Milliur Goods Victs Block Nortli Miiill stiecl IOMNS N Mis maiVr III Uli iooo J irocuriLa Hiinlwnrt Crorkei y 11 oiluet AIircliant Exliunc North Mail street llEAMKlt HUlliUltl A CO lenlei i IV Dry Goods cloth i mf uroiicrics Crock ry etc Ci llftt sti ret I lit I 1KI11S V P Notlirj 1 llilllo ConveV II rtiicur of Deeds etc over the itore o Hall Gillett Allen OMSIUtS AND HACK OFFICE Soutl Main treet Uninitius to everv tntiii Jiily lluck to WelliuHtoi Clmrle Ridel irounetor j PA1T1VJ MASON CHIT II Iloue und Sinn Paint er raiuers Glanier mid Paper Httug or Shop over Curlor Btos hardwurcstore ritn OMEK JOMNSOS M KtistColIeg CD NOBLE Phsicinn and aurgeon East ollcyf sticut DK HAY W AltO Hoiuepathist OUlce Union Block Residence W Iirainni AS TKELE Al D Residence North Mail strret Q T rtil l Ill Physician and Surgeon Ol j111 Residonco corneroi Professoi I HASH HlVi I A I 1 S FttVXK 1 1 E N I fi YniiiiurlutuierrilciiIry s Celeltratc SjiectttcKs oniie a inaniifncrnrv conorof CullogDaml Watei troet Oberlin fc Made on Rubber At reduced pf loo until January 1st 187 L J P Si OD ALL JUaION BUSINtSS IrtiTIIUIE All who irish to learn Bookkeeping in al its branches All who wsh to lenrn to execute all kinds of Commercial Paper as Notes Drtfts Ducbills Receipts Orders Checks etc All who wish to become familiar with Con tracts Powers of Attori cy Certiflcates of Agency Bills for Shipment All who wish to acquire a Good Business Hand Writing in the shortest possible tioce All who wish to make their living like men In st ad of picking it like a bcajt ol burden ALL are advised to study nt this Institute the cheapest and best place in America to acquire a Business Education Call at the office or inquire by letter for full pttrticuUrs Jewelry Jewelry At th Corner of Main College Sts Under the Park House Tarn receiving ajd selling at reduced iricee such goods as are Unually found in jeWelrjr atore ietb Thomas Clocks Tbejr are the beat clocks made in America JM autl Silver Maw lies U the nents ei variety ol moTa Silver Ware Urge supply of Napkin King Table nd Tua Spoon Forks and Fruit Knives Di Sugar Shells Th largest line of PLATED WARE n tbe county from the elegant Te Set to he Kapkin King v I i 1 J A good aeSortmcnt of superior nine and common rABLE AXD POCKET CUTLERY Opera Classes REVOLVERS AND CARTRIQES A goudi vartety FINE JEWELRY of the latest styles told Leontine Chains Gold Thimbles Fin er Kings Etiusoan Seis Slecive Button f Cre Ac lohemian and French VnseB Toilet Sets bacons Match Sates Watch StandB Dulls md Doll Meads a multitudo of these Childrenks Toys Crumb Dm hes Hair Flesh Infant and iooih Bn she SPECTACLES EYE GLASSES I if all kinds Portmonies Razor Strops ine Toilet Soaps Chen BoardsDominoes Ac Watches and Clocks renaird andwaranted R D Bowen OHiiil Feb 1 1888 PARK HOUSET Jorner Main aud College streets OBERLIN OHIO ooeo for the rocention ot Guests bargti retsooable Good Sample Rooms UARN ANP STABLING ATTACHE JAMES nAlIW V Fro 3azar of Fashion Mrs C C Hudson Has received the Spring and Summer Slylcv SACKS STJITS nd is prepared to cut and rnakp them at hei ro m tiencit 8 uionK East CulleiLe Sueet opposite the John Brices Cheap Cash Clothing STORE l Ii is on SOUTH MAIN STREET KenrtlieEarbcr Tole 2J That Is the place to buy your ReadjJNIade Clothing You always fret the val tic of your monoy a Hie urnents you bfy a e not shop work but uiu wiUcut and veil made equalucustom work autlnioi n likooity trade Broad Cloths Uassimercs 111111811111 Goods Can always be botipht nslonishintly 1ot without cithcrmakinr n puff or a blow Custom AVork Promptly executed with the ipt ofworkmanship and can not fail to givegeneral ailsfactioii NEW GOODS MJOHNSON SONS Wagon Loads Cart Loads Dray Loads Bales Boxes Cases Crates Counters full Tables tull every thing full and more coining Is the cry at I M Joh nsc Son s What is Johnsons the matter at is every body asking as they see the piles of New Goods It would be impossible for us to tell half the story only come und see one of the largest and best elected stock of goods we ever owned or ever expect to Our Dress Goods Department is in Full Blooin With Merinoes Empress Clnth Satn De Chene Sitin Meriro Scotcli Plaids Clan Plaids Serges Repp Bar rilz Cord Black Alpaccas Turkish Brilliantes Poplins Lustres Opera Flannels Shaker Flannels Shirting Flannels White Flannels A VERY LAHGE STOCK BLANKETSA PILE Our Shawl Room Is full of all the latest novelties in hiwls Double and Single Fbisley Brocha Ghildrens and Misses Sbawls Wraps c Fancy Cassimeres A Splendid line of nobby styles Real French goods Also COATINGS In great variety Cloakings Overcoatings WaterProofs c The best assortment of Shirts and Drawers Ladies Wrappers Childrens and Misses Wrappers BoysTV rappers and Drawois we ever had HATS AND CAPS i All thfl latest styles Hats and Caps out Thn fall and winter stylo Silk Hata Carpets and Oil Cloths Fresh uppy PMNTSPOMERTTCVBnOTS AMI SHOES RUBBERS c Call and see us IM J0HNTS0N SON I A b WJJ LIE BY UKS flo mt r SNOW Twas the night before Christmas Good nttrtit had bein said And Annie unit Willie had crept into bed I here were tears on thril l illows and tears in their e es And eu h little bosom was heavy with iiplis For tinirht their stern fathers command had hcun given That tliiv slv uld rei ire precisely at seven lustfiid of eight for tltey troubled him nn ire Willi finest ions uubcard of than everbelbre lie hul told them he thought tins delusion a sin No tiuh being as Santa Claus ever had been And In honed after this that lie shouldnevermore liear How he scrambled down chimneys with urei nisoncli year And thU wits the reason that two little heads So restlessly turned on their soft downy Id Is Eight nine and the clock on the steeple luntfn ten Not word had been spoken by cither till 1 i hen When Willies snd face from the blanket did peep And whispered Dear Annid is you fast asleep Why m brother Willie a sweet voice reuses Ive tried it iu vain but I caut shut my For i m haw it makes mo 50wSO sorry be Dear papa has said there isco Santa Clans Now we know theic is and it taut bedenied For he came every year before mammadied B t then Ive been thinking that ho used to pray And God would hear everything thatmamma would say1 And pei haps shcasked him to send Santa Onus hero With the sacks full of presents lie brought every year Well wh tantwe pay dest as mamma did then And tsk him to Bend him with presents aden Ive been thinking so too And without a word more Four little bare feat bounded out on the floor And four little knees the soft carpet did press And two little hands were clasped close to oai h breast Now Willie jou know we must firmly be liee That the presents we ask for were sure to leceive Yon must wait Just as Mill till I savAmeu And by thtyou will know that your turn has come then Dear Jesus look down on my brother and me Ann jrrant us the favor we ae asking of Tiiee I want a wax dollv a teaset and rinp And in ebony workbox thut sbuW with a spring Bless nulla dear Jesus and cause him to sfe That anta Clans toves us far better than he Dont let him get fretful and angry airai At dear brother Willie and Annie Amen Jlease Ucms ct Sautu Tans turn downtoil ight nd liring us some prrsenU before it is ghfc I want he sould dive me a nice little Sed With bright shininyunuers and allpainted yvd A box full nf tandv a book and a toy mei and then besus I 11 be a duod boy Their rttj ers being ended they laUcdup t iir h ads And with luarts bright and cheerful again sought tl eir heds Thi y were soon lost in slumber bothpeaceful and deep And wi h fui i ies in Dreamland wereroaming in sleep Kipht nil e and the Utile French clock had struck ten Eie the father bad thought of his children again lie seems now to hear Annies half sup pretsed Ighs And see the big tears stand in Willies blue eyes 1 was harsh with my darlings he r en tally sil And sh tild nol have sent them so early to hii I But then I was troubled my feelings found vent For b nk slock today has tone down ten percent Buiof oiiuise theyve forgot their troubles en thi Ami ihiit I denied them the thrice asked for ki But jusi to make sure I 11 steal upto their door Fur 1 never spoke harsh to my darlingsbelore Sosa ing he softly ascended the sttiirs And arrived m the dour to hear Umh of their prayern lis Annies blespapa brings forth the big ears And Wilies grave promise falls sweet on h a eai Strajic stiangc Id forgotten stid he with a high 1 tw I longed when a child to haveChristmas niiih Ill atuiie for my harshness he inwardly said Bi answering their prayers ere I sleep in m bed Then he turned to the stairs and softly went d wn Thriw ff velvet slippers and silk dressing fiOWli Uoiiind hat co it and boots and was out in t e suce A niiilonatre facing the cold driving sleet Norst ppeil he until he had bot ghteverything From the box full of candy to the tiny gold ring InilcLu tic kep adding so much to his st re i ha the various presents outnumbered a score Then homeward he turned with his holiday lud And with a unt Mar j s help in the nursery twas stowed i iCk dolU us seated bcncnth a n lie trci Bj the tsido of a tahli spread out for her lea A workbox well filled in the center was laid And n it a ring for which Anne hau pr uytd A oldier in tiniI Dl toed by a sled With bright slii runners anil allpainted nd There were halls dogs and horses books pkisiug 061C And birds id all colors were perched in the t re While Sunta Claui I lf IUII laughing stood tip in As it getting ready more presents to diop nd s ti e fund lather the picture survej cd lie hud thought for his trouble lie had been amply pail Andheeaid to himself as ho brushed off a tear Im happierionight than 1 vebeen before Wh rare 1 ii bank stuck falls ten per cent morel II ci i aitr Ill make it a nitc T nciieie To h ve Santa Clans visit us each Chrismas Eve i thinking he gidiily extinguished the light And tripped 1 j w n the stairs to retire for th N i rIil As sibn u the beams or the briuht morning sun Put tic darkness to flight an 1 the stars one hj on Four httle blue eyes out of sliei openc t wide Andatthesamemoment the present espied Then out of tli ir beds they spiing with u bound Aid ti e ciy gifts prayed for were all ol them found Tin y lang d and they cried in their inno cint nev And shouted for papa to come quick and ee What presents old Santa CI mis brought in the tiighl Just the tlilncs that they wanted and leftbefore llulit And iow sililed Annie Jn a voice soft anil low Youll believe theres a Santa Claus papa 1 know While hr little Willie rllmheil up on his knee liiiiinliMl no sinet briwciii tlnin slionlil be a ml loM hi Mll wlilspcrs liow Annie liul said Thut their iU nrv blcssid inuiiinia ao lung au dead Iscd to kneel down and pray by the side of her chair Ami thut Cni up In heaven had answered her privr Tlnii we dot up anil payed ileal us well ns we And Hod answered our prayers now wasnt lie I ulioidn sny that He was If lie scut yon all tinso And km w J ust what presents my children would Weil Veil lit liini think so the dear Utile elf Tivniild rnl to tell him I did li mvsclf Kllnl Hitlici who caused your stern heart to Ami tin linsty word spoken so oon to ritrn Iwasihi Hciug wl o bade you steel sutily up tuiri Anil made you his agent to answer their prayers At Monrop Inland recently a bride gruom was choked to death b a ric of pork at the nuptial IVnst and the fulfler of the unlorl uriate girl o qn ckly made a wi tow tookpjsH ssii n ol the scarcely brea hles cUy and rltis d ti deliver u into the hands of rulaiivo until ihe dowry had been returned The dispute well niyh letl to bloodshed Hot tar waterproof will make sola leather AN ODD FIX When it came at last to asking Samuel Rowleys consent to pay my addresses to his ward I know it was all over with me I ft It that it was all over directly I was shown into the library uhere Samuel Rowley satbefore ihe Gre toasting his gouty feet a rd reading his Times newspaper felt it was so completely all over with me thut I woald very gladly have bauked mysvlf out of ihe roomwithout entering into any particulars as to the object of my visit 1 woud have cheerful Ij informed him that I was an sgent hr Bohiters lairrestorer and had called with a sample which might be returned if not approved after one days rubbing But he knew me and I knew him lis tinders ood perfectly well why I bad solicited the honor ot an interview with him at twelve oclock a m he was a sharp old gen tleman who had had his eyes on in fur some tunc and was nnt to be im posed upon He said Take a seat Mr I tuitret vour nanii and then be furu hl d wit hi es and referred lo 4 iLVi u i uiy punir TjpiiLii Milieu ittj vn luctable near him I took a seat aul nursed my hat I porpired a little I had atremulous nioiio of my knees come on which made me look ridicilous I waited for him to beyjn but hedia not I bfpan myself afir one or two secret encounters in my throat witb a something which felt very much like a cork out of a sodawater buttlo You are not aware tat is you can not but be aware ttjat I have long regarded your ward Clara with Did you speak Sir No sir I did not speak He had givin an awful cough of a doubleknock character lhat was all He keut his glasses on his nose and focused me and the opera ion wasun pleasant He was m t pleasant in his reception of my statement either he was deciddly unpleasant not to sy desperately diagreeable But then he was a cross ii gra ned old fellow every body knew k in WoWerston and I have no particular reason todisguise it here I recommenced my statement I poured lorth the best feelings of my heart aod with an eloquence that might have melted adamant Iconfessed to him that Clara was my oneambition As I huwe already I knew ihat it was all over with me but I was poetic even in the midst of my despairing consciousness Mr Rowley set aside his newspaper drew hi cbair an inch or two closer to me put his great hands rather di posed to be gouty like his feet upon his knees and surveyed me from head to feet contemptuously May I ask your age young man he said This was my wak point of defense but I told him Seventeen And how did you first becomeacquainted wih my Clara who is a year your junior the hussy Well Mr Rowley it his been a lens attachment M y finishing school at BecsborOigh situated oppoitf her finihing school nd w saw each other at church and I think I think ihat yuu both ought to be horsewhipped ho said fiercelyinterrupting me and us for myconsent to Claras engrgement to a boy like you Hill evnn go so tar as to say a whi persnapper like you A whippersnapper s rl I repeal it a whippersnapper cried U wley becoming very red and 4 1 decline to list n to yourpreposterous proposal for one instant Clara i only sixteen and does not know her own mind she 13 a mere child But we shall both grow older Mr Kowley1 Ah and more sensible I hope Godmorning sir Good morning sir I did nor wait to tell him of myexptc ations from my grandmother or to reason wiih him on his want of justice and consideration 1 went away Test faIen and heart broken I dushed from the library in despair and brought my forehead against that of my beioed with a concussion that was maily the means ol stretching our senseless lorms outside thetyrants den the victims of his cruel ubdui icy Clara naturally interested in the result ot my interview with her guardian hid orued her pure bui anxious soul to lidien at the library keyhole i had retired in haste and floored her Oh my gracous she sobbed orth I dirt not Know youwelcoming out like thai Oh toy bean Oh how dreadful Ob Alphonse we must part forever She rested her head on my shoulder and slud many tears I kissed away her tears I palled har hsd fondly keeping clear of the humps which I viad raised there I could scarci ly see her golden hair for tdars myself ihe watsr had risen into my eyes itn mdiately we had met each other I sought to calm her emotion 1 bade her be firm and I recommended vine gar and broi a paper for her damag d brow I said that I should try them myself when I got home I told her that I would die rattier thanrelinqmih her she said the same thin in a burst of urtcontrolUblo emotion we renewed our vows of eternal fidelity and tore ourselves from each other arms crushed in spirit butpirongyet to resist unjusl oppression I iota all my troubles to JackCjUwards my bosom friend and adviser Jack and I had been schoolfellows together we were going into the medical profession togetaer presently my lather had resolved that I should walk thrf hospitals instead ol the rosy pith of love Jack heard my story a id saiu ihat he would not have stood halt of od Roweys no isense but what he would liau dunn undr the iirctJiusiauces hu did not impart to me at ihe lime and 1 forgot to ask hi M mterwatd f Clara and I met clnndestinely W were lovers w had been vers from our youih the tit ty heirt of guarditn who had Ui lived mortal passion was not to stand between our freh young souls I met lara in the village I scaled tbu pirk letice and met her in the tcreen wood and Jack good felow kpt watih on the door of the 1111 and old Rowleys library windows with a telescope lest we should be oirnnsed at any moment Clara and pissi 1 much of our time talking of what we should do uhen sbe canw into her property at twentyone and mv g andtnother favored me by d parting from this earthly sphere but it w as a sharp winter and our teeth chattered ovur our prospects Ctar and I used to arrange our meings this wise Clara had a confidante in he gamekeeper Peter Stokes ao m valuable man wiih a weakness tor robacco and vith a heart all cnariiy towards his fellowcreatures Pel er was always getting up subscriptions fo his fellowcreatures in the village and what with his subscriptions and his tobacco I kept him entirely in tobacco my pocketmoney knew bui little rest 6till he had a good heart and was kind to us JIo to k charge of our correspondence whcu was carried on by a circumlocutory but sure process Clara gave it to her maid Selina anoihei confidante who alas proved herself a perfidious snake aud bjhna intrusted it to Peter who took it to a gnarled monarch ol ho forest an oaktree in act and concealed it from all human gaze in a small hollow cavity some ten feet rom the ground where at a later hour I found it and deposited my an swer to be conveyed by the sameprocess in0 my dearest Claras hands Feter was a lank old man and very wiry he could climb a tree like a squirr I and I was agile myself Tbe whd to uception as romantic if yuu will ott erand I thought so Clara thought so Peter thought so The idea was from MillaiVs picture which we had both carefully studied and i Peter had not generally deposited his email uotes to myself at ihe same timo asking my knd considerashun as a gentlonan born with a warm hart to an afliciing kase in the parissh th romance would have been pure and unalloyed Clna defied ihe obdurate guardian for two months it was February when Selina Muggins betrayed us 1 was a vancing in an innocent andunuspectin manner to the secretpistofike in the wood half a mile from Mr Rowleys ho ise when I became conscious ofthtj whole perfidy I was close upon the tree that brave old oak which had hed so many secrets when voices in another dreciton filbd my soul with horror They were ihe voice o Samuel Rowley Eq J P and Peter Stokes my Mercury 1 sank down in the long grass theri was raid thaw that morning and tde damp struck through me at once and tiemnled for my love 1 was not an instant too soon their footsteps were upon me Mr Rowleys right foot was nearly upon me also ho shaved my natures by a hairs breadth and passed on The harah tones of his voice rang in my ears an instantafterward You dont consider yourself an abominable old scamp I suppose1 Mr Rowley said an unprincipled old vagabond io act as a go between to a silly schoolgirl and that idiot o a boy You never thought of the harm of encouraging this did you Im werry sorry Sir whimpered Peter Teaching my ward to be deceitful for the sake of a few sixpences Isuppose Ive never had a hapenny your honor much more a sixpence Neither had ho They werigenerally hali crowns he was in the habit of receiving from mn v You deseive to be kicked out oi service Stokes drummed out of th village for a wicked old hypocrite They was wrry fond of eath other Sir and Miss Clara used to ak me so beseeching and when I told hsr there was harm in wining to Master LIuskisson without her dear garde wans kn1 wirg any think ahout it she alters said it was for the last time Sii really 11 it was not for your age Stokes Id send you about your busiuess this very day1 Im worry sorry Sir Stokes said again shedding many tears Is this the tree Yes Sir thats the tree And Claras last letter is up there now eh In that hole Now no more lies Yes Sir in that hole How on earth do you get at it Master Huskisson climbs up there Sir for his answers Ill go up and fetch down Miss Claras letter in a mitre There was a small epistle of his own he wished to obtain a well per haps or it was possible that his noble mind had suggested some scheme to save dear Oiaras misive frum sacra ligious eyes But Mr Rowley sua pectel this old servitor I Stop where you are btokes he 1 roared lorth Ill have no more ol your monkey tricks Give inc a back Give you i wot Sir Band your back you rascal and Ill jump on it and get the lettermyself Jump on it repeated Stokes wiih a look of dismay at Mr Rowleys nnitly figure it dont strike me that I can bear your weight master It will be only for a minute said Mr Rowey qui e ratally andiI break your back it will serve you right enough Im not an elephant man and I will have no moro of this nonsense Mr Stokus resisted no farther He made his buck as if about to com nience a game at leap Irog with a jus tice ot the peac and with more agil ity than I had iven Mr Rowley credit for the guardi n was aloft and within an inch of our letter box Oh lorl shall you be long Sir aked Mr Stokes groaning softly to himself Raise your shoulder you racal a j litta more critd his employer Siokes did so and I rom my hiding placeIsMW the hand of Mr Rowley strive with some difficulty for it wa a fat gouty hand I h ve already said to force itsdf into that casket which had contained so many of dear Claras epistles Samuel Rowley was anexcitable man lor he swore a little in hs efforts anil turned very red and moved his feet restlessly upon poor Stokess back I have got it he cried at last The ar I ut jadu the cunning plot ting 1tilo minx io s rvo her own guardian in ttis Oh What the matter Mr Wait a moment Stokes dont hake Oh lor have mercy upon us Oh dear what is to ho done Is a y think particular the ma er Sir Nol a hadder I hop or a nost o sa punts or any think nl old Stokes hid Irs head a little m r tucked in his tupp nny we called ii at school to conceal his laughing and sardonic countenance No Stokes iis something much wore Im sorry to tay Viis Sir said Stokes who left off lnuhi g immediately Yes I I cant get my handout 1 The mischief ou cant Sir cried Stokes in dismay Its twisted somehow or swollen or the wood has gripped me Wait a moment Stokes Oh its all up with me I cant Take it quiet Sir Keep cool oi youll never tio it dont hngitate your telf but for Gods sake louk sharp 1 at a cracKing Dont move Stokes as jou ar a man dont move If you were t drop I can not imagine what would become of me It wiil be all right n a minute Make it less if vou can1 eroam d Stokes all the bloods got into m head orful Oh lor what is tobiuone Are you out Sir No Im not Im fixed Stokes Im a doad man if you move I am indeed S okes burst into tears and howled with all bis might and Mr Rowle snouted a great deal and swore a great deal too Stokes would hav run foi it probably for ho was succumbing to the dead weight above him had not Mr Rowley held him by the throat with his boots and fixed him too In another I had sprung to nn feet and was rushing to ihe rescue I am really very sorry Mr Row ley can I be of any assistance Assista ce you youyoumdev Yes you can my dear child Run for a ladder and a saw or some thing as quick as lightning to the housd tli hi hollo ehrieked Siokes as I prepared to obey MrRowleycommands dont run come hetv and lot me runorbust up I must Oh lor Mastr lluskissondont leavi me any lingt r do com and take a turn Hes not so heavy when you n used to hit he is nt indeed I saw the necessity of advancing to the rescue at once and so did Mr Rjwley I was tall for my age a no tolerably strong and I hastened t take the pla e of Mr Stokes which 1 did wiih great caution on all sides Behold me at JaSo bearing tbe guai dian of Clara on my shoulders anii feeiing terribly the weight of my re i sponsibdity as he stood with his lac to the tree slilt exercising his ingenu uy io get his hand out of the irap I hope Im not too heavy for you Master Huskisson he condescended to say politely fur the sight of m was even pleasant to witness Not at ail was my cheerful an swer You 11 make yourself as Ugh a you can to oblige me perhaps 1 had not quitn done growing aria man is fragile during that process j Vlr Rowley was very heavy ami j Stokes was wrong in his assertion wickedly Tong this is all your ault mind you Huskisson his might have been my dealh he said reprnacbfuliy Yes Mr Rowley if I had nt been in the way was roy happy rejoinder i Ah but he looked round with difficulty nd found Stokes still there making every human effort tn strait j en his back b f re flying on h s mis o Curse it stakes run for you life dont sta d there you wretched luna lie another instant Si ok osran away and 1 was left a t the ona support of 1 Mr Ko ie I Stokes bad not ben gone more than h uinuie and a halr wnen I wishea tha i lie had remained aud shared the weight j with me 1 tried to keep firm bin the difficulty was immense Boy you re giving Dont shalu no Keep yourel more against th tree Mr Rowley called down All right Ill do it for Julara sake if its possible but if I snap Then I remembered that he hat c lb cT mo a whippTsnapper and mj did be loo I think and was sorry Oh youll keep up he said ofler ing me every encouragement in hi power You ro a big boy for sev entei n and Im only nine siine ten n t a greit weih Ive seen t e u in a circus do this kind of thing for hour you know It was a gross exaggeration and I felt it to be one I was getting fin also I had undertaken too much and his language at times wasstilviolent as he endeavored to extricate his hand If I should die Sir ho said feebly will you please give my lovi oClara Tell her I did all I could tr bear her up Oh dear Did you say nine stone ten I did I should have thought you had been ninety1 I murmurei Youre giving he roared again with a vehemence that revived me Keep up a little longer uy dear ooy I can hear them coming in ihe distance Which was another falsehood but no uatter Mr Rbwly was not a truthful man I set myself firmly againt the ireo according to his in structions but it was of no avail My heels in a few more minutes would slide gracefully away irjin me I W8 certain and ihj gaardian of mj Clara would be swinging about by on Him like an caly Christian martyr His blood would be on my head and so would he f he came down with his whole weight perhaps armless on the top of mo Keep up he cried in great frigh1 now You shall see Clara wheii you like my boy I will nut say a word against the match any more ou ro a fine strapping brave fellow that you are a young Hercules Thank you Mr Rowley Ianswered and bis words did sustain me a litle and helped me to sustain him But I was sliding slowly but surely from under his feet when assistance arrived men with ladders and saws and chisels and Clara too wild with fright and wiih tears streaming down her cheeks Oh my poor gardy she cried Oh you wicked Alphonse its all your dreadful faul This was the last feathr on th camels back I fell forward and a grand rush of tho servants at Mr Rowley s legs only saved the guardian from summary ilocation n the spot He was got down with difficulty and 0ite down he was not grateful A pretty fool you have made of me fie said io lara as ho walked awiy rubbing his wrist and a prit piir 0 lools you and mat ooy are too Sill after all he was not so bad as I hud pxpecied to find him He wns a man who kept his word and for lhat I have alnys respected old Rowley Clara and I saw each other in a mom rational manner I went to the Hall jince or twicu she was at my house on my eightiunlh bphdav at a little party which my mamma absuidly called juvenile in th invitations and there Jack Edwards was too at tmtive to Clara and raised a jealous lemon in mv brest I went to London shortly aferward Clara and I were to be engaged when passed and if we were of the amo mind her guardian said But we weto not While I was walking he hospitals a fellow in the tallow t ado walked off wiih Clara and I do not think she resisted in the least It was an excellent match though oe was forty sevn and very stout I went down to tne weddinsr andreturned thanks at the breakfast for the biidemaids on3 of whom has promised to b mine when I set up in business for myself THE MEAXIXG OF MUSIC BY JOHN 8 irWIOGT Whatever doubt exists concerning he intellectual influence of music i chiefly due either to its allegedvagueness in comparison with speech or to us emotional and sensuous qualities So Sjemingly opposed to the calm temper and pale hue Of thought What does it mean9 is asked after a fine sonata symphony or song with out words commonly by some one who has not enjoyed it and who is not musical It would be hard to tell hi in and the interpretations of a dozen really sincere enthusiasts stirred by it to the bottom of their hearts n fed as wih heavenly manna would e widly apart The truh is the meaning of music lies hidden iu those leep mysterious springs of everyday experienc whch it were as vain to ignore as it is impossible to render into words Music is finer than speech and makes i s appeal to adep r somewhat in us underlying all houghts of he understanding M usx expresses that part of our best and inmost consciousness which leeds such s mpathetic fluid one might almost say electric language a is tones alone afford For it begin wh respe ch leaves off hroughitthe nmost spirit all that is inexpressible md yt of most account in us can give S in f itsi If Henc the loftiest pet the most inspired and subul c larm of conversation in short thai nagcal something which distinguishes he utterances of geniua in its higb lour in whatsoever form isanalogouio music and sets the fine chords vi brating in somewhat the same way the higher ranges of Coleridges con versation are described bv his nenhfiw in the lreace to the TableTalk in terms whiih one might use who had oien sitting under the pell of Men ilssohn or Chopin I have seen him at times when vou coull not in arnate him when he shook aside your petty questions or doubts and mrst wiih some impat ence through the obstacles of corotn n conversation Then escaped fi om the flesh he would oar upwards into an atmosphere al most too rare to breathe but v hich seemed priper to hm and there he ivould float at oase Like enough rhat Coleridge then said his subtlest 1 stcner would not understand as a nan understands a newspaper but tpon such a listener there would steal n influence and nn imprest and r yinpaihy there wouTdTjo ard l ittempering of his body and spirit till us total being vibrated with one puise ilone and thought became merged in c mtemplaiion And bo his senses crradniillv wrnpt in ii liiHs1rip hiil dream oftiet le r worlds Ami ditiimlmr hear thee still O slnilnv lark That sangest like an angel In the elomlsl Did you never tep within the por tal of a vast and crowded church in the hour of prayer In vain you sought to catch the syllables of the ar oil pale spiritual looking man What if you could not hear them You heard him his tones his spirit ook possession of yoirspirit till los ng thought of selt it went up wiih Ke rest Of that sort is tl e eloquence he influpnee of music From the At lantic Monthly CONCERNING A RUMOR An iura has been coing the rounds of the press to the effect that our Agassiz is suffering from softening of thw bratn Jivm the idle rumor ot such a disaster to the nation wassufficient to cause genuine and wide spread piin and anxiety A day or wo airn I found the following item in the Journal if Schwa and somehow it to med to me to point distinctly toward tho innocent origin of that rumor Agassiz during the last year has discovered tnn thousand differentvaliwies of ihe fly Fancy some struggling ignoramus happening along and finding ihestately old philosopher catching flies dead to evey thing else unconscious even of staring and speechless intruders but fi rcely grabbing and snatching al flies on his sleeve on his forehead on his cheek on his knees on the table on the chairs chasing them up the lass and panning them eagerly in the orner of the pane making desperate reaches for them high up on the wall rapering hither and thither andmaking incessant passes at them on the wing and presently with awarwhoop brim full of scientific exulia tion pouncing on a sublime horsefl with his inverted hat and instantly itting down on it to make the capture a dead moral certainty What moro natural than that tha astonished spectator of such a perorniance should go away and slate that ihat old person was afflicted with softening of the brain The rumor has probably no worthier foundation Mark Twain in Ihe G daxij Giving out a Hymn lOvenings with the Sacred Poets by Frederick Saunders contains oni good story It is of tho minister of a Methodist chapel in Georgia who having left his spectacles at home on onooccasion intended to announce to his congregation lhat tho singing would be dispensed with He arose and said My eyes arc dim I ran nol see ad immediately tbe choristerscominenct d sinking tl o words to the One Ilundreth Surprise andmortification made him almost breathless but he mads an effort to stnmtner out I meant but nn tipuloiy This line was taken up by thecongregation in the same manner when ihj dominie becoming much excited exclaimed Forbear I pray my f edlni But remonstrance was vain and the singers went on till in accents oldespair ho again cried out I dr not mean to read a hymn s declaration so palpable that itsilenced tho vociferous singers I THE LOVE OF TBE BFATT11 J Place a young lady under the care of a kindhearted graceful lady and she unconscious to herself grows to a graceful lady Placi a boy inthe establishment of a thoroughStraightforward business man and the boy becomes a sell rliani practicalbusiness man Children are suceptiblo creatures and circumstances scenes and actions always impress them As you influtneo them not byarbitrary rules not by sum example alon but in a thousand other ways that speak through bright scones sot Utterance and pretty pictures so will they grow Teach your children to love the beauiiful Give them a rnr ner in tho garden for flowersencourage them to put in shape the hanging baskets allow them to have their ia orito trees lead them to wander in the prettiest woodlets show ihm where ihy can best view the sunset rouso them in the mornine nnt wirb tho stern time to work but with the enthusiastic see the beautiful sun rise buy for them pretty pictures and encourage them to decorate their rooms each in his nr her childish way The instinct is in ihem Givo them an inch and they will go a mie Allow them the privilege and they will make your horn ts beautiful Is Mans Task Hopeless George Alfred Townsond in a recent letter to the Chicago Tiibune fromWashingion thus notices a tact of interest as illustrating something both of thedisposition and resouces of the colored people at least of the District olColumbia The utilization ol colored labor in Washington is cheering both by its disposition and its success The Freedmens Bank now going upopposite the Treasury a large cutstone edifice with a Tuscan basement has been built in every stage by a swarm of negroes They quarry ths stone carve if act as maons hodcarriers ind carpenters and when we consider ihat the huildini involves anexnensa or about 200000 we may appreciata na marred ot adequate capacity to execute it by a race ot barbershostlers and hotel waiters I stood in front o tbe building yesterday and looked with wonder andencouragement upon the spectacle of thi Freeimen budding the Freed mens bank The whole epic of empire was there n miniature industry experiment he arts mechanics savingsorganization banking society And to think hat thrae hundred years ago these cheerful and adaptable sovereigns were eating Catholic priests on the banks of the LownraI Anxiety and Luiuit You can not escape bom anxiety and labor it is the destiny of humanity You may void indeed to a gret extent some at least may taking part in the struggle of life iu tbe sharp and eager ompoiition of an open profession or he not less intense pursuit of some worthy object of study But by what seems to me a just and whole s imj retribution those who shirk rom feeing trouble find lhit troublo i ti Vo tLuiiJ ta ijudoint intiy ontrive that fae shall have less than his share oC the worlds work to do ut Nature proportioning tho instinct to the work contrives that that little shall only the more weary him Sflltno Off Theres nothing liko in auction just set your time get out your bills ring the bell and the crowd will come Buyers with money in heir pockets ready to give moro for an article than you would hare ihe c mscience to ask them at private sale And they will thank you besides and take pains to tell their neighbors and every acquaintance they nipet how wonderful cheap they j bought etc For a quick sale theres nothing liko an old furniture auction oldbedsteads old cbairs jugs crocks rolling pinct wrtrn out tins cracked looking glases and in short anything which ever had the resemblance of beltnging to tho instituion of domesticinfustry all go off like hot cakes nothing comes amiss Food Medicines Dr Hall relates tbe case of a man who was cured of biliousness by going without hissupiht and drinking freely of lemonade Every morning sava the doctor this patient rose with a wonderful sense of rest refreshment and a feeling as though the blood bad been literally washed cleansed and cooled by the lumonade and the fast His theory is that food will bo used as a remedy for many diseases successf ully Forexample he instances cures of soitting of blood by the use of salt epilepsy and yelow fever watermelonskidney affections celery poison olive or sweet oil erysipelas poundedcranberries applied to tho parts affected hydrophobia onions otc So the thing to do in order to keep in eood health is to know what to eat and not vhat medicines to take TDE USELE CITIZEN Every man who krinwd any thing of worldly things whatever is aware ihat the more desirable a place is io live in and do business in the more valuable will bo all kinds ol property especially real estate otcAdmitling this io be so then is it not to ihe interest of every property owner to do all he can to foster and build up those institutions that have atendency to make a town a better point in all respects than those around it Of course it is and the man who will not do so is worse than a nobody a more nonentity a el g andstumbling block to the community in which he lives Such an individual lives only for and within himsolf he never ventures a s xponc unless certain tuat he will obtain a shilling in retun Hn rears no monuments to hisenterprise in the shape of buildings and of her improvements and when he dies bo is missed no more than a speck of chaff from a bushel of wheat Every moment is a goldenopportunity and if we only i cguiarlv aaoiu ul ly gather these moments inprocess of time we shall haveaccomplished a work as threat as thoso who were favored with clear irontho and years in which to work Sou they hasproved th s by calculating tint in fifty years one may read and speak seven languages bj the devotion of only ten minutes each day to theiracquirement Thus Franklin while working as a printers hoy laid tho foundations of hi wondrous knowedge and Elihu Purritisa living testimony to tho great things that may be done by the use of the momonts theconstantly recurring small opportunities

T srrir rfti f X1 fr a rrrv s yv rrrsr b rrtr rm rm cj ur w I ALL WAFERS DISCON TirtTTTFID AT THE lEXIP I02ST OIF1 TIME FOE Ml Volume 11 Number 562 OBERLIN OHIO THURSDAY MORNI ECEMBFR 22 1870 150 Per Year in Advance St 11 A i ii Ti arii A i iu County rUBLISIlED BY RICHARD BUTLER Ofict in Carpenters Ha College Street Obcrin Ohio Juinwsi giwetonj BOOK AND JOB IRISTISU of alldescriptions done at the News ofilce on reasonable turms Utiles in Carp liters Block OberlinO PJl KIT HAWlKY PhotographicArtists OiUJjsite Park House SMITH P J Photographer Pictures of all kinds Rooms in Carj cDteis Itlock WtliSVfclt I i Atcurne andonnsi1lurut Law Notnrj Iuhlie teat Estate Agent Oflloe on douih Main stieet tUMIHMMIKKN I Al KCli 11 I j tu II ijiuks 3ttiioer F Pictures Picture frames Wail Paper etc College street GOOUIUU1I J Hooks Stationery P u tnres Frames Wall Paper cieLullegi anil Mmu sireeu BAIfci W M dealer In Boot shes runts Carpet Bag and ItulbcrClotliing Sonh Main street iOYOb S manufacturer ami dialer 1j Bttota and Shoes Nu 8 Union Block HJ tilth OR US A HAYLOR South Main St Al kirult of meat kept in their season PAY iS Meat market south of Suell Store Fair n ires and Ine mat HI IILvth TJ v RU W ELL k N l B UuiMor 1 Lumber kw uand Alt kindsoffol Work done Shtp at the old Grist Mil Water street lERSHEL REED Builder Prospect I street KrTINT O I UP ALL 1 F Luion Block College 1 street upstairs DKUOOIKTII m AltDSER A CO Drugs Medicines Oils I P Ihts etc VERY II ealer in Drue Medicine and Groceries Prescriptions prepared FVRNITVRE Sc ITKDEHTAKIN CH A IM AX BRowSsv JO Furniture o ail styles Largest asioitment intowStore on Alain street opposite the Park EltfcBRANK V Cahiuetwaieitnd Fur nit nroof liest fjntlny Pi 11 h Main ft OF Oberlin Designated Depository and Government Agents for sale of Bunds c H Jenkins CasX A II Johnson Pres FLOUR i H FEED pfLLKlT A ALLEN Flour andFeeIT Store Proprietor City Mills Soutl Mum Street ic I It I fcS FRKRA IJAHNARi dealers in Gro cciies ind Provisions of al I kinds Pack aces dcivured rtn for ti utter Eggs etc No S Merehats Exchange I S W A Kb pARTERA BROTHER dealers in Hard j ware Stove and Tinware Sole ngenh for Stewarts Stoves Jolj workdoneln best manner IITEEU A K I Vt Alt DS dealei inStoveiV Tin ami Sheet Iron Ware andHardwa e ot ail ki nds Mowing Machines etc Mcrcnants Exchange North Main street J ti W fct BO K R D dealer in Wutehes Clocks Jewilrv SJtitaeles and Fancy Goods Plrk House Vovk fpUTiLEf II Watrhiiutker Engravvi I and dealer in Watchr Cloeks Jewel tv and Silvei ware Carpenters Block T UVIltVMiAKITS FAVKL C II ood Horses andCarriagi for hire Also nil kind of team in done at thehtti tcst notice talileoii Noi tl Main strt ei oiosite the Pat k TR M V Y II E W Fine tigs fast horse and nu wcit Tinge at their Liverxstu11 e on East College street next toParHouse IUKIKEK FOIL EST5IN TUjlIPsllN mulers i Inmrier Coti ne Sat Flour ot V uruhoiihe at ituilrnu Pl oh IjtAI Mi l I UKKtl IS orltUUX muniifactiirer of Door i sish illiuils tiurwll Woilt ut tbollui lux Mill MUALS M hiilLr in Dry toods etc 3 Viis lilok Nortli Muni Atreut MVKHt lKVY Co iluiilcia in Itcntl itiiiiiL JloihiliK Cltlis furs Milliur Goods Victs Block Nortli Miiill stiecl IOMNS N Mis maiVr III Uli iooo J irocuriLa Hiinlwnrt Crorkei y 11 oiluet AIircliant Exliunc North Mail street llEAMKlt HUlliUltl A CO lenlei i IV Dry Goods cloth i mf uroiicrics Crock ry etc Ci llftt sti ret I lit I 1KI11S V P Notlirj 1 llilllo ConveV II rtiicur of Deeds etc over the itore o Hall Gillett Allen OMSIUtS AND HACK OFFICE Soutl Main treet Uninitius to everv tntiii Jiily lluck to WelliuHtoi Clmrle Ridel irounetor j PA1T1VJ MASON CHIT II Iloue und Sinn Paint er raiuers Glanier mid Paper Httug or Shop over Curlor Btos hardwurcstore ritn OMEK JOMNSOS M KtistColIeg CD NOBLE Phsicinn and aurgeon East ollcyf sticut DK HAY W AltO Hoiuepathist OUlce Union Block Residence W Iirainni AS TKELE Al D Residence North Mail strret Q T rtil l Ill Physician and Surgeon Ol j111 Residonco corneroi Professoi I HASH HlVi I A I 1 S FttVXK 1 1 E N I fi YniiiiurlutuierrilciiIry s Celeltratc SjiectttcKs oniie a inaniifncrnrv conorof CullogDaml Watei troet Oberlin fc Made on Rubber At reduced pf loo until January 1st 187 L J P Si OD ALL JUaION BUSINtSS IrtiTIIUIE All who irish to learn Bookkeeping in al its branches All who wsh to lenrn to execute all kinds of Commercial Paper as Notes Drtfts Ducbills Receipts Orders Checks etc All who wish to become familiar with Con tracts Powers of Attori cy Certiflcates of Agency Bills for Shipment All who wish to acquire a Good Business Hand Writing in the shortest possible tioce All who wish to make their living like men In st ad of picking it like a bcajt ol burden ALL are advised to study nt this Institute the cheapest and best place in America to acquire a Business Education Call at the office or inquire by letter for full pttrticuUrs Jewelry Jewelry At th Corner of Main College Sts Under the Park House Tarn receiving ajd selling at reduced iricee such goods as are Unually found in jeWelrjr atore ietb Thomas Clocks Tbejr are the beat clocks made in America JM autl Silver Maw lies U the nents ei variety ol moTa Silver Ware Urge supply of Napkin King Table nd Tua Spoon Forks and Fruit Knives Di Sugar Shells Th largest line of PLATED WARE n tbe county from the elegant Te Set to he Kapkin King v I i 1 J A good aeSortmcnt of superior nine and common rABLE AXD POCKET CUTLERY Opera Classes REVOLVERS AND CARTRIQES A goudi vartety FINE JEWELRY of the latest styles told Leontine Chains Gold Thimbles Fin er Kings Etiusoan Seis Slecive Button f Cre Ac lohemian and French VnseB Toilet Sets bacons Match Sates Watch StandB Dulls md Doll Meads a multitudo of these Childrenks Toys Crumb Dm hes Hair Flesh Infant and iooih Bn she SPECTACLES EYE GLASSES I if all kinds Portmonies Razor Strops ine Toilet Soaps Chen BoardsDominoes Ac Watches and Clocks renaird andwaranted R D Bowen OHiiil Feb 1 1888 PARK HOUSET Jorner Main aud College streets OBERLIN OHIO ooeo for the rocention ot Guests bargti retsooable Good Sample Rooms UARN ANP STABLING ATTACHE JAMES nAlIW V Fro 3azar of Fashion Mrs C C Hudson Has received the Spring and Summer Slylcv SACKS STJITS nd is prepared to cut and rnakp them at hei ro m tiencit 8 uionK East CulleiLe Sueet opposite the John Brices Cheap Cash Clothing STORE l Ii is on SOUTH MAIN STREET KenrtlieEarbcr Tole 2J That Is the place to buy your ReadjJNIade Clothing You always fret the val tic of your monoy a Hie urnents you bfy a e not shop work but uiu wiUcut and veil made equalucustom work autlnioi n likooity trade Broad Cloths Uassimercs 111111811111 Goods Can always be botipht nslonishintly 1ot without cithcrmakinr n puff or a blow Custom AVork Promptly executed with the ipt ofworkmanship and can not fail to givegeneral ailsfactioii NEW GOODS MJOHNSON SONS Wagon Loads Cart Loads Dray Loads Bales Boxes Cases Crates Counters full Tables tull every thing full and more coining Is the cry at I M Joh nsc Son s What is Johnsons the matter at is every body asking as they see the piles of New Goods It would be impossible for us to tell half the story only come und see one of the largest and best elected stock of goods we ever owned or ever expect to Our Dress Goods Department is in Full Blooin With Merinoes Empress Clnth Satn De Chene Sitin Meriro Scotcli Plaids Clan Plaids Serges Repp Bar rilz Cord Black Alpaccas Turkish Brilliantes Poplins Lustres Opera Flannels Shaker Flannels Shirting Flannels White Flannels A VERY LAHGE STOCK BLANKETSA PILE Our Shawl Room Is full of all the latest novelties in hiwls Double and Single Fbisley Brocha Ghildrens and Misses Sbawls Wraps c Fancy Cassimeres A Splendid line of nobby styles Real French goods Also COATINGS In great variety Cloakings Overcoatings WaterProofs c The best assortment of Shirts and Drawers Ladies Wrappers Childrens and Misses Wrappers BoysTV rappers and Drawois we ever had HATS AND CAPS i All thfl latest styles Hats and Caps out Thn fall and winter stylo Silk Hata Carpets and Oil Cloths Fresh uppy PMNTSPOMERTTCVBnOTS AMI SHOES RUBBERS c Call and see us IM J0HNTS0N SON I A b WJJ LIE BY UKS flo mt r SNOW Twas the night before Christmas Good nttrtit had bein said And Annie unit Willie had crept into bed I here were tears on thril l illows and tears in their e es And eu h little bosom was heavy with iiplis For tinirht their stern fathers command had hcun given That tliiv slv uld rei ire precisely at seven lustfiid of eight for tltey troubled him nn ire Willi finest ions uubcard of than everbelbre lie hul told them he thought tins delusion a sin No tiuh being as Santa Claus ever had been And In honed after this that lie shouldnevermore liear How he scrambled down chimneys with urei nisoncli year And thU wits the reason that two little heads So restlessly turned on their soft downy Id Is Eight nine and the clock on the steeple luntfn ten Not word had been spoken by cither till 1 i hen When Willies snd face from the blanket did peep And whispered Dear Annid is you fast asleep Why m brother Willie a sweet voice reuses Ive tried it iu vain but I caut shut my For i m haw it makes mo 50wSO sorry be Dear papa has said there isco Santa Clans Now we know theic is and it taut bedenied For he came every year before mammadied B t then Ive been thinking that ho used to pray And God would hear everything thatmamma would say1 And pei haps shcasked him to send Santa Onus hero With the sacks full of presents lie brought every year Well wh tantwe pay dest as mamma did then And tsk him to Bend him with presents aden Ive been thinking so too And without a word more Four little bare feat bounded out on the floor And four little knees the soft carpet did press And two little hands were clasped close to oai h breast Now Willie jou know we must firmly be liee That the presents we ask for were sure to leceive Yon must wait Just as Mill till I savAmeu And by thtyou will know that your turn has come then Dear Jesus look down on my brother and me Ann jrrant us the favor we ae asking of Tiiee I want a wax dollv a teaset and rinp And in ebony workbox thut sbuW with a spring Bless nulla dear Jesus and cause him to sfe That anta Clans toves us far better than he Dont let him get fretful and angry airai At dear brother Willie and Annie Amen Jlease Ucms ct Sautu Tans turn downtoil ight nd liring us some prrsenU before it is ghfc I want he sould dive me a nice little Sed With bright shininyunuers and allpainted yvd A box full nf tandv a book and a toy mei and then besus I 11 be a duod boy Their rttj ers being ended they laUcdup t iir h ads And with luarts bright and cheerful again sought tl eir heds Thi y were soon lost in slumber bothpeaceful and deep And wi h fui i ies in Dreamland wereroaming in sleep Kipht nil e and the Utile French clock had struck ten Eie the father bad thought of his children again lie seems now to hear Annies half sup pretsed Ighs And see the big tears stand in Willies blue eyes 1 was harsh with my darlings he r en tally sil And sh tild nol have sent them so early to hii I But then I was troubled my feelings found vent For b nk slock today has tone down ten percent Buiof oiiuise theyve forgot their troubles en thi Ami ihiit I denied them the thrice asked for ki But jusi to make sure I 11 steal upto their door Fur 1 never spoke harsh to my darlingsbelore Sosa ing he softly ascended the sttiirs And arrived m the dour to hear Umh of their prayern lis Annies blespapa brings forth the big ears And Wilies grave promise falls sweet on h a eai Strajic stiangc Id forgotten stid he with a high 1 tw I longed when a child to haveChristmas niiih Ill atuiie for my harshness he inwardly said Bi answering their prayers ere I sleep in m bed Then he turned to the stairs and softly went d wn Thriw ff velvet slippers and silk dressing fiOWli Uoiiind hat co it and boots and was out in t e suce A niiilonatre facing the cold driving sleet Norst ppeil he until he had bot ghteverything From the box full of candy to the tiny gold ring InilcLu tic kep adding so much to his st re i ha the various presents outnumbered a score Then homeward he turned with his holiday lud And with a unt Mar j s help in the nursery twas stowed i iCk dolU us seated bcncnth a n lie trci Bj the tsido of a tahli spread out for her lea A workbox well filled in the center was laid And n it a ring for which Anne hau pr uytd A oldier in tiniI Dl toed by a sled With bright slii runners anil allpainted nd There were halls dogs and horses books pkisiug 061C And birds id all colors were perched in the t re While Sunta Claui I lf IUII laughing stood tip in As it getting ready more presents to diop nd s ti e fund lather the picture survej cd lie hud thought for his trouble lie had been amply pail Andheeaid to himself as ho brushed off a tear Im happierionight than 1 vebeen before Wh rare 1 ii bank stuck falls ten per cent morel II ci i aitr Ill make it a nitc T nciieie To h ve Santa Clans visit us each Chrismas Eve i thinking he gidiily extinguished the light And tripped 1 j w n the stairs to retire for th N i rIil As sibn u the beams or the briuht morning sun Put tic darkness to flight an 1 the stars one hj on Four httle blue eyes out of sliei openc t wide Andatthesamemoment the present espied Then out of tli ir beds they spiing with u bound Aid ti e ciy gifts prayed for were all ol them found Tin y lang d and they cried in their inno cint nev And shouted for papa to come quick and ee What presents old Santa CI mis brought in the tiighl Just the tlilncs that they wanted and leftbefore llulit And iow sililed Annie Jn a voice soft anil low Youll believe theres a Santa Claus papa 1 know While hr little Willie rllmheil up on his knee liiiiinliMl no sinet briwciii tlnin slionlil be a ml loM hi Mll wlilspcrs liow Annie liul said Thut their iU nrv blcssid inuiiinia ao lung au dead Iscd to kneel down and pray by the side of her chair Ami thut Cni up In heaven had answered her privr Tlnii we dot up anil payed ileal us well ns we And Hod answered our prayers now wasnt lie I ulioidn sny that He was If lie scut yon all tinso And km w J ust what presents my children would Weil Veil lit liini think so the dear Utile elf Tivniild rnl to tell him I did li mvsclf Kllnl Hitlici who caused your stern heart to Ami tin linsty word spoken so oon to ritrn Iwasihi Hciug wl o bade you steel sutily up tuiri Anil made you his agent to answer their prayers At Monrop Inland recently a bride gruom was choked to death b a ric of pork at the nuptial IVnst and the fulfler of the unlorl uriate girl o qn ckly made a wi tow tookpjsH ssii n ol the scarcely brea hles cUy and rltis d ti deliver u into the hands of rulaiivo until ihe dowry had been returned The dispute well niyh letl to bloodshed Hot tar waterproof will make sola leather AN ODD FIX When it came at last to asking Samuel Rowleys consent to pay my addresses to his ward I know it was all over with me I ft It that it was all over directly I was shown into the library uhere Samuel Rowley satbefore ihe Gre toasting his gouty feet a rd reading his Times newspaper felt it was so completely all over with me thut I woald very gladly have bauked mysvlf out of ihe roomwithout entering into any particulars as to the object of my visit 1 woud have cheerful Ij informed him that I was an sgent hr Bohiters lairrestorer and had called with a sample which might be returned if not approved after one days rubbing But he knew me and I knew him lis tinders ood perfectly well why I bad solicited the honor ot an interview with him at twelve oclock a m he was a sharp old gen tleman who had had his eyes on in fur some tunc and was nnt to be im posed upon He said Take a seat Mr I tuitret vour nanii and then be furu hl d wit hi es and referred lo 4 iLVi u i uiy punir TjpiiLii Milieu ittj vn luctable near him I took a seat aul nursed my hat I porpired a little I had atremulous nioiio of my knees come on which made me look ridicilous I waited for him to beyjn but hedia not I bfpan myself afir one or two secret encounters in my throat witb a something which felt very much like a cork out of a sodawater buttlo You are not aware tat is you can not but be aware ttjat I have long regarded your ward Clara with Did you speak Sir No sir I did not speak He had givin an awful cough of a doubleknock character lhat was all He keut his glasses on his nose and focused me and the opera ion wasun pleasant He was m t pleasant in his reception of my statement either he was deciddly unpleasant not to sy desperately diagreeable But then he was a cross ii gra ned old fellow every body knew k in WoWerston and I have no particular reason todisguise it here I recommenced my statement I poured lorth the best feelings of my heart aod with an eloquence that might have melted adamant Iconfessed to him that Clara was my oneambition As I huwe already I knew ihat it was all over with me but I was poetic even in the midst of my despairing consciousness Mr Rowley set aside his newspaper drew hi cbair an inch or two closer to me put his great hands rather di posed to be gouty like his feet upon his knees and surveyed me from head to feet contemptuously May I ask your age young man he said This was my wak point of defense but I told him Seventeen And how did you first becomeacquainted wih my Clara who is a year your junior the hussy Well Mr Rowley it his been a lens attachment M y finishing school at BecsborOigh situated oppoitf her finihing school nd w saw each other at church and I think I think ihat yuu both ought to be horsewhipped ho said fiercelyinterrupting me and us for myconsent to Claras engrgement to a boy like you Hill evnn go so tar as to say a whi persnapper like you A whippersnapper s rl I repeal it a whippersnapper cried U wley becoming very red and 4 1 decline to list n to yourpreposterous proposal for one instant Clara i only sixteen and does not know her own mind she 13 a mere child But we shall both grow older Mr Kowley1 Ah and more sensible I hope Godmorning sir Good morning sir I did nor wait to tell him of myexptc ations from my grandmother or to reason wiih him on his want of justice and consideration 1 went away Test faIen and heart broken I dushed from the library in despair and brought my forehead against that of my beioed with a concussion that was maily the means ol stretching our senseless lorms outside thetyrants den the victims of his cruel ubdui icy Clara naturally interested in the result ot my interview with her guardian hid orued her pure bui anxious soul to lidien at the library keyhole i had retired in haste and floored her Oh my gracous she sobbed orth I dirt not Know youwelcoming out like thai Oh toy bean Oh how dreadful Ob Alphonse we must part forever She rested her head on my shoulder and slud many tears I kissed away her tears I palled har hsd fondly keeping clear of the humps which I viad raised there I could scarci ly see her golden hair for tdars myself ihe watsr had risen into my eyes itn mdiately we had met each other I sought to calm her emotion 1 bade her be firm and I recommended vine gar and broi a paper for her damag d brow I said that I should try them myself when I got home I told her that I would die rattier thanrelinqmih her she said the same thin in a burst of urtcontrolUblo emotion we renewed our vows of eternal fidelity and tore ourselves from each other arms crushed in spirit butpirongyet to resist unjusl oppression I iota all my troubles to JackCjUwards my bosom friend and adviser Jack and I had been schoolfellows together we were going into the medical profession togetaer presently my lather had resolved that I should walk thrf hospitals instead ol the rosy pith of love Jack heard my story a id saiu ihat he would not have stood halt of od Roweys no isense but what he would liau dunn undr the iirctJiusiauces hu did not impart to me at ihe lime and 1 forgot to ask hi M mterwatd f Clara and I met clnndestinely W were lovers w had been vers from our youih the tit ty heirt of guarditn who had Ui lived mortal passion was not to stand between our freh young souls I met lara in the village I scaled tbu pirk letice and met her in the tcreen wood and Jack good felow kpt watih on the door of the 1111 and old Rowleys library windows with a telescope lest we should be oirnnsed at any moment Clara and pissi 1 much of our time talking of what we should do uhen sbe canw into her property at twentyone and mv g andtnother favored me by d parting from this earthly sphere but it w as a sharp winter and our teeth chattered ovur our prospects Ctar and I used to arrange our meings this wise Clara had a confidante in he gamekeeper Peter Stokes ao m valuable man wiih a weakness tor robacco and vith a heart all cnariiy towards his fellowcreatures Pel er was always getting up subscriptions fo his fellowcreatures in the village and what with his subscriptions and his tobacco I kept him entirely in tobacco my pocketmoney knew bui little rest 6till he had a good heart and was kind to us JIo to k charge of our correspondence whcu was carried on by a circumlocutory but sure process Clara gave it to her maid Selina anoihei confidante who alas proved herself a perfidious snake aud bjhna intrusted it to Peter who took it to a gnarled monarch ol ho forest an oaktree in act and concealed it from all human gaze in a small hollow cavity some ten feet rom the ground where at a later hour I found it and deposited my an swer to be conveyed by the sameprocess in0 my dearest Claras hands Feter was a lank old man and very wiry he could climb a tree like a squirr I and I was agile myself Tbe whd to uception as romantic if yuu will ott erand I thought so Clara thought so Peter thought so The idea was from MillaiVs picture which we had both carefully studied and i Peter had not generally deposited his email uotes to myself at ihe same timo asking my knd considerashun as a gentlonan born with a warm hart to an afliciing kase in the parissh th romance would have been pure and unalloyed Clna defied ihe obdurate guardian for two months it was February when Selina Muggins betrayed us 1 was a vancing in an innocent andunuspectin manner to the secretpistofike in the wood half a mile from Mr Rowleys ho ise when I became conscious ofthtj whole perfidy I was close upon the tree that brave old oak which had hed so many secrets when voices in another dreciton filbd my soul with horror They were ihe voice o Samuel Rowley Eq J P and Peter Stokes my Mercury 1 sank down in the long grass theri was raid thaw that morning and tde damp struck through me at once and tiemnled for my love 1 was not an instant too soon their footsteps were upon me Mr Rowleys right foot was nearly upon me also ho shaved my natures by a hairs breadth and passed on The harah tones of his voice rang in my ears an instantafterward You dont consider yourself an abominable old scamp I suppose1 Mr Rowley said an unprincipled old vagabond io act as a go between to a silly schoolgirl and that idiot o a boy You never thought of the harm of encouraging this did you Im werry sorry Sir whimpered Peter Teaching my ward to be deceitful for the sake of a few sixpences Isuppose Ive never had a hapenny your honor much more a sixpence Neither had ho They werigenerally hali crowns he was in the habit of receiving from mn v You deseive to be kicked out oi service Stokes drummed out of th village for a wicked old hypocrite They was wrry fond of eath other Sir and Miss Clara used to ak me so beseeching and when I told hsr there was harm in wining to Master LIuskisson without her dear garde wans kn1 wirg any think ahout it she alters said it was for the last time Sii really 11 it was not for your age Stokes Id send you about your busiuess this very day1 Im worry sorry Sir Stokes said again shedding many tears Is this the tree Yes Sir thats the tree And Claras last letter is up there now eh In that hole Now no more lies Yes Sir in that hole How on earth do you get at it Master Huskisson climbs up there Sir for his answers Ill go up and fetch down Miss Claras letter in a mitre There was a small epistle of his own he wished to obtain a well per haps or it was possible that his noble mind had suggested some scheme to save dear Oiaras misive frum sacra ligious eyes But Mr Rowley sua pectel this old servitor I Stop where you are btokes he 1 roared lorth Ill have no more ol your monkey tricks Give inc a back Give you i wot Sir Band your back you rascal and Ill jump on it and get the lettermyself Jump on it repeated Stokes wiih a look of dismay at Mr Rowleys nnitly figure it dont strike me that I can bear your weight master It will be only for a minute said Mr Rowey qui e ratally andiI break your back it will serve you right enough Im not an elephant man and I will have no moro of this nonsense Mr Stokus resisted no farther He made his buck as if about to com nience a game at leap Irog with a jus tice ot the peac and with more agil ity than I had iven Mr Rowley credit for the guardi n was aloft and within an inch of our letter box Oh lorl shall you be long Sir aked Mr Stokes groaning softly to himself Raise your shoulder you racal a j litta more critd his employer Siokes did so and I rom my hiding placeIsMW the hand of Mr Rowley strive with some difficulty for it wa a fat gouty hand I h ve already said to force itsdf into that casket which had contained so many of dear Claras epistles Samuel Rowley was anexcitable man lor he swore a little in hs efforts anil turned very red and moved his feet restlessly upon poor Stokess back I have got it he cried at last The ar I ut jadu the cunning plot ting 1tilo minx io s rvo her own guardian in ttis Oh What the matter Mr Wait a moment Stokes dont hake Oh lor have mercy upon us Oh dear what is to ho done Is a y think particular the ma er Sir Nol a hadder I hop or a nost o sa punts or any think nl old Stokes hid Irs head a little m r tucked in his tupp nny we called ii at school to conceal his laughing and sardonic countenance No Stokes iis something much wore Im sorry to tay Viis Sir said Stokes who left off lnuhi g immediately Yes I I cant get my handout 1 The mischief ou cant Sir cried Stokes in dismay Its twisted somehow or swollen or the wood has gripped me Wait a moment Stokes Oh its all up with me I cant Take it quiet Sir Keep cool oi youll never tio it dont hngitate your telf but for Gods sake louk sharp 1 at a cracKing Dont move Stokes as jou ar a man dont move If you were t drop I can not imagine what would become of me It wiil be all right n a minute Make it less if vou can1 eroam d Stokes all the bloods got into m head orful Oh lor what is tobiuone Are you out Sir No Im not Im fixed Stokes Im a doad man if you move I am indeed S okes burst into tears and howled with all bis might and Mr Rowle snouted a great deal and swore a great deal too Stokes would hav run foi it probably for ho was succumbing to the dead weight above him had not Mr Rowley held him by the throat with his boots and fixed him too In another I had sprung to nn feet and was rushing to ihe rescue I am really very sorry Mr Row ley can I be of any assistance Assista ce you youyoumdev Yes you can my dear child Run for a ladder and a saw or some thing as quick as lightning to the housd tli hi hollo ehrieked Siokes as I prepared to obey MrRowleycommands dont run come hetv and lot me runorbust up I must Oh lor Mastr lluskissondont leavi me any lingt r do com and take a turn Hes not so heavy when you n used to hit he is nt indeed I saw the necessity of advancing to the rescue at once and so did Mr Rjwley I was tall for my age a no tolerably strong and I hastened t take the pla e of Mr Stokes which 1 did wiih great caution on all sides Behold me at JaSo bearing tbe guai dian of Clara on my shoulders anii feeiing terribly the weight of my re i sponsibdity as he stood with his lac to the tree slilt exercising his ingenu uy io get his hand out of the irap I hope Im not too heavy for you Master Huskisson he condescended to say politely fur the sight of m was even pleasant to witness Not at ail was my cheerful an swer You 11 make yourself as Ugh a you can to oblige me perhaps 1 had not quitn done growing aria man is fragile during that process j Vlr Rowley was very heavy ami j Stokes was wrong in his assertion wickedly Tong this is all your ault mind you Huskisson his might have been my dealh he said reprnacbfuliy Yes Mr Rowley if I had nt been in the way was roy happy rejoinder i Ah but he looked round with difficulty nd found Stokes still there making every human effort tn strait j en his back b f re flying on h s mis o Curse it stakes run for you life dont sta d there you wretched luna lie another instant Si ok osran away and 1 was left a t the ona support of 1 Mr Ko ie I Stokes bad not ben gone more than h uinuie and a halr wnen I wishea tha i lie had remained aud shared the weight j with me 1 tried to keep firm bin the difficulty was immense Boy you re giving Dont shalu no Keep yourel more against th tree Mr Rowley called down All right Ill do it for Julara sake if its possible but if I snap Then I remembered that he hat c lb cT mo a whippTsnapper and mj did be loo I think and was sorry Oh youll keep up he said ofler ing me every encouragement in hi power You ro a big boy for sev entei n and Im only nine siine ten n t a greit weih Ive seen t e u in a circus do this kind of thing for hour you know It was a gross exaggeration and I felt it to be one I was getting fin also I had undertaken too much and his language at times wasstilviolent as he endeavored to extricate his hand If I should die Sir ho said feebly will you please give my lovi oClara Tell her I did all I could tr bear her up Oh dear Did you say nine stone ten I did I should have thought you had been ninety1 I murmurei Youre giving he roared again with a vehemence that revived me Keep up a little longer uy dear ooy I can hear them coming in ihe distance Which was another falsehood but no uatter Mr Rbwly was not a truthful man I set myself firmly againt the ireo according to his in structions but it was of no avail My heels in a few more minutes would slide gracefully away irjin me I W8 certain and ihj gaardian of mj Clara would be swinging about by on Him like an caly Christian martyr His blood would be on my head and so would he f he came down with his whole weight perhaps armless on the top of mo Keep up he cried in great frigh1 now You shall see Clara wheii you like my boy I will nut say a word against the match any more ou ro a fine strapping brave fellow that you are a young Hercules Thank you Mr Rowley Ianswered and bis words did sustain me a litle and helped me to sustain him But I was sliding slowly but surely from under his feet when assistance arrived men with ladders and saws and chisels and Clara too wild with fright and wiih tears streaming down her cheeks Oh my poor gardy she cried Oh you wicked Alphonse its all your dreadful faul This was the last feathr on th camels back I fell forward and a grand rush of tho servants at Mr Rowley s legs only saved the guardian from summary ilocation n the spot He was got down with difficulty and 0ite down he was not grateful A pretty fool you have made of me fie said io lara as ho walked awiy rubbing his wrist and a prit piir 0 lools you and mat ooy are too Sill after all he was not so bad as I hud pxpecied to find him He wns a man who kept his word and for lhat I have alnys respected old Rowley Clara and I saw each other in a mom rational manner I went to the Hall jince or twicu she was at my house on my eightiunlh bphdav at a little party which my mamma absuidly called juvenile in th invitations and there Jack Edwards was too at tmtive to Clara and raised a jealous lemon in mv brest I went to London shortly aferward Clara and I were to be engaged when passed and if we were of the amo mind her guardian said But we weto not While I was walking he hospitals a fellow in the tallow t ado walked off wiih Clara and I do not think she resisted in the least It was an excellent match though oe was forty sevn and very stout I went down to tne weddinsr andreturned thanks at the breakfast for the biidemaids on3 of whom has promised to b mine when I set up in business for myself THE MEAXIXG OF MUSIC BY JOHN 8 irWIOGT Whatever doubt exists concerning he intellectual influence of music i chiefly due either to its allegedvagueness in comparison with speech or to us emotional and sensuous qualities So Sjemingly opposed to the calm temper and pale hue Of thought What does it mean9 is asked after a fine sonata symphony or song with out words commonly by some one who has not enjoyed it and who is not musical It would be hard to tell hi in and the interpretations of a dozen really sincere enthusiasts stirred by it to the bottom of their hearts n fed as wih heavenly manna would e widly apart The truh is the meaning of music lies hidden iu those leep mysterious springs of everyday experienc whch it were as vain to ignore as it is impossible to render into words Music is finer than speech and makes i s appeal to adep r somewhat in us underlying all houghts of he understanding M usx expresses that part of our best and inmost consciousness which leeds such s mpathetic fluid one might almost say electric language a is tones alone afford For it begin wh respe ch leaves off hroughitthe nmost spirit all that is inexpressible md yt of most account in us can give S in f itsi If Henc the loftiest pet the most inspired and subul c larm of conversation in short thai nagcal something which distinguishes he utterances of geniua in its higb lour in whatsoever form isanalogouio music and sets the fine chords vi brating in somewhat the same way the higher ranges of Coleridges con versation are described bv his nenhfiw in the lreace to the TableTalk in terms whiih one might use who had oien sitting under the pell of Men ilssohn or Chopin I have seen him at times when vou coull not in arnate him when he shook aside your petty questions or doubts and mrst wiih some impat ence through the obstacles of corotn n conversation Then escaped fi om the flesh he would oar upwards into an atmosphere al most too rare to breathe but v hich seemed priper to hm and there he ivould float at oase Like enough rhat Coleridge then said his subtlest 1 stcner would not understand as a nan understands a newspaper but tpon such a listener there would steal n influence and nn imprest and r yinpaihy there wouTdTjo ard l ittempering of his body and spirit till us total being vibrated with one puise ilone and thought became merged in c mtemplaiion And bo his senses crradniillv wrnpt in ii liiHs1rip hiil dream oftiet le r worlds Ami ditiimlmr hear thee still O slnilnv lark That sangest like an angel In the elomlsl Did you never tep within the por tal of a vast and crowded church in the hour of prayer In vain you sought to catch the syllables of the ar oil pale spiritual looking man What if you could not hear them You heard him his tones his spirit ook possession of yoirspirit till los ng thought of selt it went up wiih Ke rest Of that sort is tl e eloquence he influpnee of music From the At lantic Monthly CONCERNING A RUMOR An iura has been coing the rounds of the press to the effect that our Agassiz is suffering from softening of thw bratn Jivm the idle rumor ot such a disaster to the nation wassufficient to cause genuine and wide spread piin and anxiety A day or wo airn I found the following item in the Journal if Schwa and somehow it to med to me to point distinctly toward tho innocent origin of that rumor Agassiz during the last year has discovered tnn thousand differentvaliwies of ihe fly Fancy some struggling ignoramus happening along and finding ihestately old philosopher catching flies dead to evey thing else unconscious even of staring and speechless intruders but fi rcely grabbing and snatching al flies on his sleeve on his forehead on his cheek on his knees on the table on the chairs chasing them up the lass and panning them eagerly in the orner of the pane making desperate reaches for them high up on the wall rapering hither and thither andmaking incessant passes at them on the wing and presently with awarwhoop brim full of scientific exulia tion pouncing on a sublime horsefl with his inverted hat and instantly itting down on it to make the capture a dead moral certainty What moro natural than that tha astonished spectator of such a perorniance should go away and slate that ihat old person was afflicted with softening of the brain The rumor has probably no worthier foundation Mark Twain in Ihe G daxij Giving out a Hymn lOvenings with the Sacred Poets by Frederick Saunders contains oni good story It is of tho minister of a Methodist chapel in Georgia who having left his spectacles at home on onooccasion intended to announce to his congregation lhat tho singing would be dispensed with He arose and said My eyes arc dim I ran nol see ad immediately tbe choristerscominenct d sinking tl o words to the One Ilundreth Surprise andmortification made him almost breathless but he mads an effort to stnmtner out I meant but nn tipuloiy This line was taken up by thecongregation in the same manner when ihj dominie becoming much excited exclaimed Forbear I pray my f edlni But remonstrance was vain and the singers went on till in accents oldespair ho again cried out I dr not mean to read a hymn s declaration so palpable that itsilenced tho vociferous singers I THE LOVE OF TBE BFATT11 J Place a young lady under the care of a kindhearted graceful lady and she unconscious to herself grows to a graceful lady Placi a boy inthe establishment of a thoroughStraightforward business man and the boy becomes a sell rliani practicalbusiness man Children are suceptiblo creatures and circumstances scenes and actions always impress them As you influtneo them not byarbitrary rules not by sum example alon but in a thousand other ways that speak through bright scones sot Utterance and pretty pictures so will they grow Teach your children to love the beauiiful Give them a rnr ner in tho garden for flowersencourage them to put in shape the hanging baskets allow them to have their ia orito trees lead them to wander in the prettiest woodlets show ihm where ihy can best view the sunset rouso them in the mornine nnt wirb tho stern time to work but with the enthusiastic see the beautiful sun rise buy for them pretty pictures and encourage them to decorate their rooms each in his nr her childish way The instinct is in ihem Givo them an inch and they will go a mie Allow them the privilege and they will make your horn ts beautiful Is Mans Task Hopeless George Alfred Townsond in a recent letter to the Chicago Tiibune fromWashingion thus notices a tact of interest as illustrating something both of thedisposition and resouces of the colored people at least of the District olColumbia The utilization ol colored labor in Washington is cheering both by its disposition and its success The Freedmens Bank now going upopposite the Treasury a large cutstone edifice with a Tuscan basement has been built in every stage by a swarm of negroes They quarry ths stone carve if act as maons hodcarriers ind carpenters and when we consider ihat the huildini involves anexnensa or about 200000 we may appreciata na marred ot adequate capacity to execute it by a race ot barbershostlers and hotel waiters I stood in front o tbe building yesterday and looked with wonder andencouragement upon the spectacle of thi Freeimen budding the Freed mens bank The whole epic of empire was there n miniature industry experiment he arts mechanics savingsorganization banking society And to think hat thrae hundred years ago these cheerful and adaptable sovereigns were eating Catholic priests on the banks of the LownraI Anxiety and Luiuit You can not escape bom anxiety and labor it is the destiny of humanity You may void indeed to a gret extent some at least may taking part in the struggle of life iu tbe sharp and eager ompoiition of an open profession or he not less intense pursuit of some worthy object of study But by what seems to me a just and whole s imj retribution those who shirk rom feeing trouble find lhit troublo i ti Vo tLuiiJ ta ijudoint intiy ontrive that fae shall have less than his share oC the worlds work to do ut Nature proportioning tho instinct to the work contrives that that little shall only the more weary him Sflltno Off Theres nothing liko in auction just set your time get out your bills ring the bell and the crowd will come Buyers with money in heir pockets ready to give moro for an article than you would hare ihe c mscience to ask them at private sale And they will thank you besides and take pains to tell their neighbors and every acquaintance they nipet how wonderful cheap they j bought etc For a quick sale theres nothing liko an old furniture auction oldbedsteads old cbairs jugs crocks rolling pinct wrtrn out tins cracked looking glases and in short anything which ever had the resemblance of beltnging to tho instituion of domesticinfustry all go off like hot cakes nothing comes amiss Food Medicines Dr Hall relates tbe case of a man who was cured of biliousness by going without hissupiht and drinking freely of lemonade Every morning sava the doctor this patient rose with a wonderful sense of rest refreshment and a feeling as though the blood bad been literally washed cleansed and cooled by the lumonade and the fast His theory is that food will bo used as a remedy for many diseases successf ully Forexample he instances cures of soitting of blood by the use of salt epilepsy and yelow fever watermelonskidney affections celery poison olive or sweet oil erysipelas poundedcranberries applied to tho parts affected hydrophobia onions otc So the thing to do in order to keep in eood health is to know what to eat and not vhat medicines to take TDE USELE CITIZEN Every man who krinwd any thing of worldly things whatever is aware ihat the more desirable a place is io live in and do business in the more valuable will bo all kinds ol property especially real estate otcAdmitling this io be so then is it not to ihe interest of every property owner to do all he can to foster and build up those institutions that have atendency to make a town a better point in all respects than those around it Of course it is and the man who will not do so is worse than a nobody a more nonentity a el g andstumbling block to the community in which he lives Such an individual lives only for and within himsolf he never ventures a s xponc unless certain tuat he will obtain a shilling in retun Hn rears no monuments to hisenterprise in the shape of buildings and of her improvements and when he dies bo is missed no more than a speck of chaff from a bushel of wheat Every moment is a goldenopportunity and if we only i cguiarlv aaoiu ul ly gather these moments inprocess of time we shall haveaccomplished a work as threat as thoso who were favored with clear irontho and years in which to work Sou they hasproved th s by calculating tint in fifty years one may read and speak seven languages bj the devotion of only ten minutes each day to theiracquirement Thus Franklin while working as a printers hoy laid tho foundations of hi wondrous knowedge and Elihu Purritisa living testimony to tho great things that may be done by the use of the momonts theconstantly recurring small opportunities